-
1
Preheat oven to 300 degrees (F) instructions for conventional oven.
-
2
Finely chop the onions, green peppers and red peppers.
-
3
drizzle olive oil in large deep skillet.
-
4
add the chopped vegetables and saute until slightly softened.
-
5
add the 85% lean ground beef to the slightly sauteed veggies and brown until no longer pink set aside.
-
6
slightly fry the 4 slices of bacon until it slightly starts to brown set aside.
-
7
in a large bowl add ketchup, hickory barbecue sauce, granulated brown sugar, dry ground mustard, 2 tablespoons honey and mix together well.
-
8
open the 4 cans of Great Northern Beans and rinse well.
-
9
Place all 4 cans in a 9 x 13 in baking dish.
-
10
Take the 85% lean ground beef mixture and mix well into the beans.
-
11
Pour the Ketchup mixture into the beans and mix well making sure all the beans and meat are covered with the saucesmall amount of bacon drippings (it should only be a small amount).
-
12
drizzle the remaining 1 tablespoon of honey over the top.
-
13
top with remaining 3 strips of bacon.
-
14
Cook at 300 degrees for 2 hours.
-
15
Remove bacon before serving.
-
16
If cooking in the crock pot follow steps for cooking the veggie mixture, meat mixture.
-
17
Cook bacon as directed above.
-
18
mix sauce as directed above.
-
19
Place the meat and veggie mixture and the ketchup mixture in the crock pot and mix well.
-
20
Place the remaining bacon on top of the beans and drizzle the bacon drippings.
-
21
Drizzle the remaining 1 tablespoon of honey.
-
22
add the 1/4 cup water.
-
23
Cover the crock pot and cook on low for 5-6 hours and 3-4 hours on low.
